A pack of 400 'hounds' tore down Slieve Martin in the Mournes in a bid to outfox two-time Downhill World Champion Gee Atherton as he set the pace ahead of them.

Colin (32) was first past the post after a three-and-a-half-mile hair-raising sprint down windswept moorland and treacherous forest trail. Riders from Russia, Poland, France, Denmark and Spain joined a record pack of British and Irish male and female riders. Second place went to James MacFerran from Newcastle and Dave Egan from Dublin scooped third.

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